P.O.V.
Prison Town, USA (#2006)
This program tells the story of Susanville, one California town that experienced unforseen consequences when it built a prison to resuscitate its economy.
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This episode has not aired in the past few months on Iowa Public Television.
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P.O.V. | Prison Town USA | Preview | PBS (#2006)
In the 1990s, at the height of the prison-building boom, a prison opened in rural America every 15 days. "Prison Town, ... 03:56
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P.O.V. | The Way We Get By | PBS (#2213)
Aa group of senior citizens has made history by greeting nearly 800,000 American troops at a tiny airport in Bangor, Maine. ... 02:23
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P.O.V. | Bronx Princess | PBS (#2212)
Rocky Otoo is the Bronx-bred teenage daughter of Ghanaian parents, and she's no pushover. She is a sassy high-achiever bound ... 01:26
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P.O.V. | The English Surgeon | PBS (#2210)
What is it like to have power over life and death, and yet to struggle with your own humanity? This is the story of acclaimed ... 02:16
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P.O.V. Ella Es el Matador (She Is the Matador) | ... (#2209)
For Spaniards — and for the world — nothing has expressed their country's traditionally rigid gender roles more powerfully ... 02:14
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Program Description: P.O.V. presents an array of groundbreaking and distinctive perspectives on contemporary life as chronicled by some of America' s and Europe's most visionary non-fiction filmmakers.
All Upcoming Episodes
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Standing Silent Nation (#2003)
Recounts the legal struggles of a Lakota family who planted hemp after other crops had failed.
- Sun, November 8, 11:00 AM on IPTV World
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The Way We Get By (#2213)
An intimate look at senior citizens who've greeted nearly 800,000 American troops at a tiny airport.
- Wed, November 11, 8:00 PM on IPTV
- Fri, November 13, 8:30 AM on IPTV World
- Fri, November 13, 2:30 PM on IPTV World
- Fri, November 13, 7:30 PM on IPTV World
- Sat, November 14, 12:30 AM on IPTV World
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The Principal Story (#2211)
The experiences of two principals in Illinois shed light on challenges facing our public schools.
- Thu, December 3, 4:00 AM on IPTV
Past Episodes
These episodes of P.O.V. aired in the last few months on Iowa Public Television.
- Standing Silent Nation (#2003)
- Bronx Princess (#2212)
- The Principal Story (#2211)
- The English Surgeon (#2210)
- Ella Es El Matador (She Is The Matador) (#2209)
- Made In L.A. (#2010)
- This Way Up (#2208)
- P.O.V. Shorts Program (#2207)
- Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music (#2107)
- Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go (#2206)
- The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) (#2205)
- The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court (#2204)
- Life. Support. Music. (#2203)
- Beyond Hatred (#2202)
- Hardwood (#1808)
